Legendary coaches Frank Beamer and Mack Brown have been selected for the College Football Hall of Fame, part of a class of 13 that includes former players Ed Reed, Calvin Johnson and Charles Woodson.

Ivan Maisel ESPN Senior Writer

New Rice head coach Mike Bloomgren is hiring Michigan secondary coach Brian Smith as his defensive coordinator and North Carolina Central head coach Jerry Mack (31-15, four seasons, three MEAC titles) to run the Owls' offense. Bloomgren worked with Smith at the New York Jets a decade ago, and with Mack at Delta State prior to that.

Rice is finalizing the hire of Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren to be its next head coach, according to sources.

Adam Rittenberg ESPN Staff Writer

Sources: Rice is finalizing the hire of Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren as coach. Yahoo! Sports first reported the decision. Bloomgren has spent the last seven seasons with Stanford, working primarily with the offensive line. South Carolina offensive coordinator Kurt Roper also was a strong candidate here.

A.J. Erdely threw three touchdown passes, Spencer Brown ran for three scores and became the school's sixth freshman to top 1,000 rushing yards, and UAB beat Rice 52-21 on Saturday to become bowl eligible for the fifth time in program history.

Kell Walker ran for 127 yards and three touchdowns and Ahmad Bradshaw added 115 yards rushing and two more scores as Army forced turnovers on four straight possessions in the first half to build a big lead early in a 49-12 win over Rice on Saturday.